Trump administration orders removal of ocean observatory sensors (opens in new tab)

The National Science Foundation has begun dismantling most of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a U.S.-funded network of more than 900 ocean instruments that has collected real-time data for more than a decade in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The removal plan includes in-water infrastructure off Oregon, Washington, Alaska and North Carolina, and in the Irminger Sea near Greenland, with the process expected to run into 2027. NSF described the action as a “descoping,” not a full cancellati...